Jump to content

Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos

From Catholicism Wiki
Venerable
Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos
Bishop of Tabasco
Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos, when he was bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, México (between 1908 and 1912)
Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos, when he was bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, México (between 1908 and 1912)
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Yucatán
Diocese Tabasco
See Tabasco
Appointed 7 August 1908
Installed 5 October 1908
Term ended 19 May 1912
Predecessor Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles
Successor Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez
Orders
Ordination 20 March 1886
by José María Cázares y Martínez
Consecration 27 September 1908
by Cardinal Giuseppe Ridolfi
Rank Bishop
Personal details
Born Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos
6 November 1862
Ecuandureo, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico
Died 19 May 1912 (aged 49)
Villahermosa, Tabasco
Sainthood
Feast day 19 May
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint Venerable

Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos (5 November 1862 in Ecuandureo, Michoacán − 19 May 1912) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood on 20 March 1886, Castellanos y Castellanos was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico in 1908 and died in 1912 while still in office.[1]

References